Improvement in hog-pens



.P. BURKE.

Hog-Eens.

Patented Feb. 10. 1874.

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'tlvrrnn STATES PATENT @Prien PATRICK BURKE, OF MLONE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOG-PENS.

Specification forming part of Letters Pai ent No. 147,306, dated Febxuary l0, 1874; application tiled October 25, 1873.

'To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK BURKE, of Malone, in the county of Franklin and State of N ew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hog-Pen, oi' which the following is a specification:

Figure l is avertical longitudinal section of my improved hog-pen taken through the line Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken through the line g/ y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing the arrangement of the hooks for the door-hinges. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the sleepingcompart ment of the pen, showing the strips or fenders applied to the wall of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to. a hog-pen which is so constructed as to oi'er protection from cold to the occupants thereof; and it consists chiefly in dividing the pen into two compartments by means of a partition-wall, which -is provided with self-closing doors opening in opposite directions, and operated by the pigs, so as to enable the same to pass from one compartment into the other. The invention further consists in applying to the side walls of the compartment employed for sleeping purposes a series of strips or fenders, which are placed at such distances apart from each other as to The iloor D, when laid, should project over the spout B half an inch or more, so as to conduct the wet from the floor into the spout B to be carried off. The end or corner where the hogs are to sleep is separated from the rest of the pen by a partition, E, in which are formed two doorways for the doors F, which doors should openfin opposite directions, or one should open inward and the other out ward. The doors F are hung upon hooks Gr attached to the posts of the door-frames, and the lower hook G should be made about half an inch longer than the upper hook. The door-frames should also have an inclination of Vabout half an inch in the direction in which the door opens.

By this construction the doors may be read* ily pushed open by the hogsthe one to pass in and the other to pass out--without conilict, and will close themselves as the hog passes through.

If desired, the doors F may have cords H and weights l connected with them to draw them shut; but this is not necessary, as the weight of the doors is sufficient for this purpose.

The compartment in which the hogs sleep should have a second iioor, J, laid upon scantlings resting upon the lioor D, and about four inches in diameter, which loor, J, should have numerous holes bored through it to allow the wet to flow through to the floor D, and thence out through the spout B. The doors F should have a plank about six inches high below them, to prevent said doors from being ob structed by litter in the pen.

The top` iloor or cover of the pen should be made air-tight, and should be provided with ventilators to allow the air to be excluded in cold weather and admitted in warm weather.

From the spout B the liquid refuse from the pen is conducted beneath the wall and` into `a cistern, whence it can be conveniently taken for manure. This arrangement prevents the cold from entering the pen through the spout B.

In addition to the number of pigs killed by the cold, a great many are killed by the sow crushing them against the wall in lying down. To prevent this, I employ strips of wood or fenders K, the lower ends of which are secured to the iioor about two feet from the wall, and their upper ends rest against and are secured to the walls. These strips should be far enough apart to allow the pigs to pass through. between them, und thus get ont of] plied :tt the junction of the Wuli und floorot the Way. the sleeping-compartment, forming spaces or Having thus described my invention, I stalls for the escape ofthe young pigs from claim as new und desire to secure by Letters injury, substantially as und for the purpose Patent- A set forth.

l. A hog-pen divided into two compztrthis ments by a partition-Wall, said partition being,` PATRICK, X BURKE- provided With two self-closing doors opening` mark in opposite directions, so ais to permit the hogs vWvitnesses: to pass from one compartment into the other, FRED. D. KILBU'RN, substantially as herein shown and described. HA Gr. KILBURN.

2, In zt hog-pen, the strips or fenders K up- 

